SumUp is the first mobile point-of-sale provider in Europe to launch an own-built device for handling chip & PIN transactions rather than buying a readymade model from a vendor, the company claimed.

The device, which is called PIN+, is available in Poland and Switzerland from this week and will then be rolled out across Europe to countries including the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain in coming weeks. PIN+ will cost £79.

SumUp developed and built the device in less than 18 months after being unable to find an existing mPOS Chip & PIN device that fitted its requirements.

It’s unusual for MPoS vendors to build their own devices. As Finextra points out, rivals PayPal, iZettle, Payleven and Worldpay all use a device manufactured by Miura Systems.

The rollout also sees SumUp’s launch into Poland and Switzerland, bringing the total number of countries in which SumUp is present to 14. SumUp’s move into Switzerland is in partnership with UBS, the banking giant. The bank will offer PIN+ to its entire merchant customer base.

Another European country is not so lucky. SumUp is closing a development office in Dublin with the loss of about 30 jobs. The firm said it does not need the Irish office when it has two other development offices in Europe.